How much risk?
a guide to understanding environmental health hazards
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Author
Contributions
- Goldstein, Martin, 1919 Nov. 18- - Contributor
Publication
2002 - Oxford University Press, Oxford, England
Language
English
Word Count
84,500 words, Guess
Page Count
338 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL15976638M
- ISBN-139780195139945
- ISBN-100195139941
- OCLC Control Number45879545
- OCLC Control Number48154769
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- Internet Archivehowmuchriskguide00gold
- Library of Congress Control Number2001021985
- LibraryThing6686399
- Goodreads2595175
Classifications
- LCCRA566.27 .G65 2002
- LCCRA566.27.G65 2002
Description
"How Much Risk? illustrates how scientists investigate controversial issues such as high rates of breast cancer attributed to pesticides, cancer clusters near toxic waste dumps and nuclear plants, and the recent worldwide increase in asthma. It explains in lay language the technical terms often appearing in news stories or government reports, such as statistical significance, ionizing radiation, and biological markers. It also describes how scientists distinguish a real cluster of disease from a chance event, the interaction of genetic predisposition and environment in disease, and how radiation can cause some types of cancer."--BOOK JACKET
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